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It only happens once every four and a half years, but it’s about to happen this month: the United States will appear before the assembled United Nations Member States to listen and respond to critiques of its human rights record. CDT has been working hard to ensure that the US’ surveillance practices are at the top of the agenda for this process, which is known as the Universal Periodic Review (“UPR”). We hope the official comments aired during the session will help to reinforce strong human rights standards around government surveillance and hold the US to account for its abuses.

Sarah St.Vincent is CDT’s new Human Rights and Surveillance Fellow. An experienced human rights lawyer, Sarah joins us following a clerkship at the International Court of Justice, where she worked for Judges Xue Hanqin and Giorgio Gaja. Sarah will draw on her experience with the ICJ and other international human rights bodies to advocate for government surveillance practices that comply with human rights standards.